Organizational Logic in Coworking Spaces

Inequality Regimes in the New Economy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2368280
AutoresAmanda C Sargent (0000-0003-4599-622X, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, autor correspondente), J E Yavorsky (0000-0002-8480-5871, University of North Carolina at Charlotte), Rosalyn Grace Sandoval (0000-0003-0026-3559, University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Ano2021
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas5-31
Data de publicação2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGender & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0891243220974691
OpenAlexW3108840852
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas26

Globalization, technological advances, and changing employment structures have facilitated greater flexibility in how and where many Americans do their paid work. In response, a new work arrangement, coworking, has emerged in the United States. Coworking organizations bring together professionals from different companies to share a common workspace and build community. Despite the prevalence and potential benefits of coworking, little systematic research about coworking contexts exists, let alone research focused on gender inequality therein. Using 78 interviews and more than 700 hours of observation across nine coworking spaces, we examine the organizational logics that shape gender dynamics, as well as intersecting racial and class dynamics, in coworking spaces. Building on Acker's inequality regimes framework, we uncover organizational logic that either reduces or reproduces inequality for diverse groups of women in coworking contexts. We conclude by discussing important theoretical and empirical implications of these findings

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Gender inequality · Globalization · Inequality · Management · Market economy · Political science · Public relations · Social inequality · Sociology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Engineering · Facilities and Workplace Management · Mathematics · Work-Family Balance Challenges